Twenty

I woke up and sighed in content. After my nap yesterday Halo and I had a quick dinner and then I headed right back off to bed.

I glanced over at the clock on the side table and saw it read 8:00 am. I've been sleeping since yesterday afternoon and am finally feeling refreshed.

I hopped out of bed, quickly changing my clothes and smiling at the beautiful weather outside. Everything is going to get better. I can still feel the constant aching in my stomach and chest from my mate rejecting me but I know with Halo's help I can move on one day and start a nice new life here.

Maybe I can try to find out more about who I am. Maybe I have a family somewhere. Maybe, once I reject King officially I can get a second chance mate...

"It has to get better. I mean, how much worse can it get?" I mumbled to myself before trying to find my way back down to the kitchen or living room. Maybe I can make Halo breakfast as a thank you and start crunching the numbers and figure out a way to repay him for all of his kindness.

Rolling up the giant sweatpants I had on a little, trying to keep them from falling down I made my way out of the room.

I have got to find some sort of clothing store around here. Speaking of, I need a job...

But what can I do? I'm not exactly a skilled dressmaker and I doubt being able to set up mental hospital rooms would be helpful in a world without mental hospitals...

Maybe Halo can help me figure it out.

I continued down the hallway but nothing looked familiar.

I remember the stairs being around here somewhere...

I turned down a random hall when I heard Halo's voice. He must be on the phone.

I decided to walk up to the door and wait outside until he was finished. I don't want to barge in and interrupt him after I took up all his time yesterday, I'm sure its important.

I rested my back, still sore from riding a dragon for hours on end, against the pristine white walls. I wonder if he has a cleaning lady or something...

Suddenly I heard Halo speak up and I instantly felt my heart rate jump through the roof.

"Ya, I have her, she's here. Ice did her job perfectly."

What?

"Okay, I'll see you soon. What's the plan now?"

He paused and I prayed he was somehow taking about someone else.

"Again? I don't know... Maybe we shouldn't admit her to the hospital with an eating disorder next time."

WHAT?!?!?

Everything inside me came to a halt and I could hear my blood pumping throughout my entire body.

"I know it will take longer but we have to be patient... Okay, see you soon... Ya she knows. she's standing outside right now."

Halo then threw the door open, smiling down at me and tilting his head.

"Shouldn't have snooped little fae, we could have had a nice breakfast together before it was time for you to leave. Now, I have a feeling I'll be tying you up and knocking you out instead."

As soon as I regained control over my body and all his words set in I dashed for the door. Halo started laughing behind me. "Every time." I heard him mumble to himself.

I leapt out of the window, to land on my feet and take off towards the fields.

"ICE!" I called in my mind, but I knew she wouldn't come.

"Fuck!" I muttered to myself as Halo poofed into the space I was running towards.

"Little thing you should know about me... One of my gifts is teleportation."

Next thing I knew he was behind me, holding my arms behind my back and slamming me to the ground, my head smashing into the soil.

"Not that you'll remember any of this much longer." He mumbled.

I could hear ringing in my hears and feel blood start to pool in my mouth, dripping out of my nose and ears.

"I really thought this time would work." He said, shaking his head, "But of course that airhead of a king had to go and mess it up."

Through the ringing I managed to hear dragon wings beating through the sky, announcing King's presence, but I couldn't fight the spots that were gathering in my vision anymore and blanked out.

Fuck. I was wrong, things can get much, much worse.

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I woke up again, groaning to see King leaning over me. I went to go push him off but my arms got caught at the sides, sending shooting pains up and down my arms.

"I wouldn't do that... You're chained up. For your own good of course."

"Sick bastered." I managed to get past my dry throat. How long have I been passed out?

"Don't worry sweetheart, soon this will all be a little lovers fight we moved past."

"LOVERS?!" I managed to rasp out.

"Yes, you will be mine. You are mine. Period." He said with a smile, adding a little boop to my nose at the end. I swear I almost bit off his finger.

"LIKE I WOULD EVER LOVE A SICK, TWISTED PEICE OF HUMAN SHIT LIKE YOU!"

"I'M NOT HUMAN!" He bellowed.

Ya. Because that's the most important part of my sentence...

"WHY DO YOU WANT ME ANYWAYS?! I'LL JUST CAUSE TROUBLE AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WIFE AND QUEEN! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! PLEASE!" I screamed, tears starting to pool in my eyes as I fought against the restraints.

"Just relax little Evangeline. All will be good soon, and we can be together."

Evangeline?

"Nice one with the dragons by the way, you really have a way with them... We'll have to be careful next time, keep you away from them, keep those memories away too."

"I'll always figure it out. You'll never win."

"By the time you figure it out you'll be to deep in love with me to care... I am your mate after all." He smirked a little, clearly very proud of himself.

That was all it took for me to somehow summon all the strength in my body and rip off my restraints. I leaped onto his gigantic body, sending him flying to the floor. I lifted my fist and gave him the hardest punch I possibly could before hands grabbed my arms, waist and legs, throwing me back onto the table and strapping my up even more, making sure there was no chance for escape.

But it didn't matter. I knew I couldn't really escape, but as he stood up, looking like he was in shock it all felt worth it.

He touched his nose that was now trickling and examined the blood left behind on his fingers. A bunch of his subordinates started crowding him, shocked, trying to hand him bandages or ask if he was alright or what they could do for him but he cut them all off by yelling, "THAT'S ENOUGH! I'M FINE!"

They all immediately backed off, cowering away while I admired the damage I did. While it was a very small amount, in some weird twisted way it gave me hope.

Nothing is indestructible and one day, I don't care if it takes me my entire life, I will bring him down.

King chuckled a little, walking towards me slowly.

"Oh you're going to regret that little birdie. Just remember, I control everything. Maybe next time you should walk in on your boyfriend, Jack, cheating on you. And then, maybe he won't get over it so quickly. Maybe he'll be desperate for one more night."

I flinched, at his words, not believing someone could be so evil. I somehow managed to keep the tears in but it was getting harder and harder to see.

"Whether you agree to it or not.." He whispered in my ear, making me want to throw up at the way my body reacted to his proximity. How could this man be my mate?

"Next time, remember who you're messing with." He said, standing up and straightening out his suit shirt.

Finally a couple of the tears I'd been holding back escaped my eyes and I let out a silent sob as I faced how messed up my life was.

"I love it when you cry." He said a little louder before laughing, a few of his men joining in on enjoying destroying my life.

With that he finally left the room and I let the tears flow. I already figured out they were about to wipe my memories again. Everything fell into place. Everything was set up for me to fall so deeply in love with King that I'd never leave him, the mate bond doing most of the work for him.

It almost worked too, leaving him was one of the hardest things I've ever done and even now, deep down, I still want him. What's wrong with me?

I never should have given him back his fucking dragons. And with such a nice message too!

I heard the door open back up and glanced over to see Rob entering the room with his usual cheery attitude. If I weren't even more restrained than before I would've given him a good punch too right now.

"Ahh, little one. Don't worry, everything will be better soon." He said cheerfully.

"You never should of fought. No matter how many times e do this, you never listen. Well, we'll brake you one day, you can count on that... Worst case we can just drug you up until you don't even have a mind of your own. You just walk around doing exactly what we ask you to. Isn't science a beautiful thing?"

ASS

HOLEEEEE

"To tell you the truth this is our last try. Figure it out again and you'll turn into our little robot with the brain of a carrot." He sighs, looking off into the distance.

"Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do."

He shrugged but before I could question him he inserted a needle from one of the nearby trays into my neck and I knew it was the end.

I desperately tried to remember anything but I could feel it all slowly slip away, disappearing from my mind.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FU...

Everything when black and peaceful, no more thoughts running through my brain as I melted into oblivion.

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I woke up to the blaring of my alarm clock. I opened my eyes to come face to face with the man of my dreams. My boyfriend of 2 years.

"Good morning baby." He said, his voice crisp even though it was the morning, his hair oddly perfect all the time.

"Good morning Jake." I sighed happily before getting up and getting ready for the day.

Dylan told me a special patient was coming to the hospital today and I had to be there to make sure everything was organized so I got ready in record time before flying out the door, giving Jake a quick peck on the lips as he stood by the stove, flipping pancakes.

"Bye Opal!"

"Bye!" I yelled back but I couldn't help but feel something off...

As soon as he said Opal something inside me felt wrong.

One word kept echoing through my head...

Evangeline